Species Trichodiadema bulbosum
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Etymology of Trichodiadema:
Gk. trichos = hair, hairy; diadema = crown or band as around a turban; referring to the hair-like bristles that form a tufted crown at the leaf tips.
Scientific name:
Trichodiadema bulbosum (Haw.) Schwantes
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Erect shrublet to 20 cm, with tuberous roots. Leaves grey-green from papillae, subcylindrical, with a diadem, 5--8 c. 3 mm. Flowers solitary, terminal, subsessile, magenta. Fruits 5-locular. Nov.--Feb. ?, SE (Port Elizabeth).
Observations of Taxon
Trichodiadema bulbosum
Name of observer:
Gideon Smith et al. (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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